Anchor-cable guide and holder for boats



Nov. 20, 1928.

' 1,692,640 E. G, ERICKSON ANCROR CABLE GUIDE AND HbLDER FOR BOATS I Filed April 21. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Attorney Nov. 20, 1928.

E. G. ERICKSON ANCHOR CABLE GUIDE AND HOLDER FOR BOATS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 21. 1928 100% Irwin/14111101 Patented Nov. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES I 1,692,640 PATENT OFFICE;

ERICK G. ERICKSON, OF ALEXANDRIA, MINNESfiO'lA.

ANCHOR-CABLE GUIDE AND HOLDER FOR BOATS.

Application filed April 121,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in anchor cable guiding and holdmg devices for association with small sailing ships, row boats and the like and aims of which is in the form of'a plate adapted to be anchored to the boat, said castings being constructed with complemental means whereby the casting having associated therewith a: cable guide pulley together with means for locking the cable to the casting may be readily attached to or removed from the boat attached plate casting.

A further important feature of the invei tion resides in theprovision of simple means whereby the cable may be locked to the de tachable casting so that the cable will not pay out and permit the boat tobreak loose from the anchor.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, minor changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spiritof the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views V Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device associated with the bow of a boat.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is a detail longitudinal section, and l v p Figure 4 is a plan view of the plate casting constructed for attachment to the boat.

Now having particular reference to the drawings my novel invention consists of a pair of castings designated generally by the reference characters A and B. Said casting Bis in the form of a somewhat triangular shaped plate 5 having opening 6 therein whereby to facilitate its attachment to the bow of the boat C or at any other desired point. 7

At the forward end of this plate 5 there is formed an upstanding lug 7 having a forwardly projecting nose 8 at itsupper end,

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the rear end of this plate 5 being formed with y a longitudinally extending slot 9extending and at the rear end of which is an upwardly offset bridge piece 10. The casting A consists of a pair of spaced parallel side walls 11.11 of gradually: narrowing length toward their upper ends, the lower edges of these walls being formed with outwardly extending longitudinal flanges 12-12,'said side walls being- Joined at their rear ends and lower edges by a narrow bridge wall 13. The

forward end of which is formed with a somewhat elongated slot 14 for receiving the lug 7 of the casting B. The rear end of this bridge wall 13 is formed with a downwardly offset and longitudinally extending tongue 15 for sliding engagementbeneath the bridge piece 10 at the rear end of the plate casting B, see Figure 3.

Afterthe bridge wall 13 of the casting A has been disposed upon the plate'casting 5 and the same moved rearwardly so as to engage the nose 8 of the lug 7 over the forward end of the slot 14, a spring pressed foot actuated dog 17 pivoted between the side walls 11--11 of the casting A will engage at its forward end in back of the lug 7 for looking the upper castingA against forward sliding movement so that the same cannot become accidentally detached from the boat fixed casting B. I

However, by urging the rear end of the dog 17 downwardly by a foot pressure against the action of an expansible spring 18 between the dog and the bridge wall of the casting A, the inner end of the dog will be released from the lug 7 permitting of the forward sliding movement of the upper casing so that the same may be removed from the lower boat attached casting.

Mounted for rotation between the side walls l111 of the casting A adjacent their lower edges and in front of the forward end of the bridge wall 13 of said casting is an anchor cable pulley 19, over which the anchor cable D is to be arranged. To prevent the cable from being raised from the pulley 19 there is formed integrally with the, side.

walls 1111 of the casting A forwardly of the pulley 19 a guide loop 21. Formed between the side walls of said casting in back of the pulley 19 is a bridge piece 22 while pivoted between the upper ends of the side walls is a cable clamping lever 23 having a downwardlyextending portion 24 formed with cable gripping teeth 25. The rear end;

of this lever is also bent downwardly and provided with an eye 26 through which the cable D is trained after passing over the bridge piece 22. Obviously when pressure is exerted on the lever the said teeth will bite into the cable, preventing the same from payin out. However, by taking hold of the ca le within the boat and lifting the same in an upward direction the lever will be released, whereupon thecable may be'payed in or out.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly novel, simple, and extremely useful device for guiding and securing boat anchor cables, even though I have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of cer-' tain detail structural elements, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p 1. In an anchor cable guiding and locking means for boats, a plate casting constructed for rigid association with the boat, a second casting consisting of a pair of spaced vertical walls, and a bottom brid e wall extending between the rear end of said vertical walls, complemental construction between the bridge wallof the second mentioned casting, and the said plate casting, means associated with the bridge wall of said second mentioned casting for automatically engaging with the said complemental slidingconstruction of the plate casting to prevent sliding movement of the second casting upon said plate casting a cable guide pulley arranged between the walls of the casting, and releasable means whereby the cable may be locked between said walls.

2. In a cable guideand lockin means for boat anchors, a plate casting a a-pted to be anchored to the boat, asecond casting consisting of a pair of spaced perpendicular walls, and a bottom bridge wall arranged be- .4

tween the rear ends thereof, sliding locking connections complemental to the bridgccwall 3. In a cable guiding and locking device for boat anchors, a plate casting adapted to be anchored to the boat, an upstanding lug formed upon the forward end of the plate, a raised transverse guide member associated with the rear end of the late, a second casting consisting of a pair 0 spaced perpendicular walls, and a bottom bridge wall between the rear ends of said spaced walls, the forward end of said bridge wall being provided with an opening for receiving thelug of the plate castiiw, a tongue formed upon the rear end of the neath the uide member of the plate castin a pivoted dog associated with the bridge wall and adapted to en age at its inner endin back of the lug of t e plate castin when the same is arranged through the o en ng of said bridge wall to prevent the sliding of the upper casting wit respect to the lower. casting, and a cable guiding and locking means arranged between the perpendicular walls of the uppermost casting. V a

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ERICK ERICKSON, V

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